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Computer Science Grads Projected To Be Top-Paid in Major
March 09, 2020
By NACE Staff
Computer science majors are projected to have the highest starting salary among Class of 2020 graduates earning bachelor’s degrees in the computer sciences discipline. Read More.
Compensation
MIS Projected To Be Top-Paid Business Major
February 24, 2020
By NACE Staff
Management information systems majors are projected to have the highest starting salary among Class of 2020 business graduates earning bachelor’s degrees. Read More.
Compensation
Salary Projections Dip for Most Class of 2020 Advanced Degree Grads
January 23, 2020
By NACE Staff
The projected starting salaries for Class of 2020 advanced degree graduates are mostly down from the projections for their Class of 2019 counterparts. Read More.
Compensation
Job Outlook
Employers taking part in the Job Outlook 2020 survey plan to hire 5.8 percent more new college graduates in 2020 than they did in 2019. Read More.
Compensation
Chemical Engineering Grads Projected to Be Top-Paid Engineering Majors
February 07, 2020
By NACE Staff
Chemical engineering majors are projected to have the highest starting salary among Class of 2020 engineering graduates earning bachelor’s degrees. Read More.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DATA BITES

4.4%

Overall unemployment rate
Bureau of Labor Statistics

4.2% (MARCH 2020/
4.3% (MARCH 2019)

Unemployment rate, bachelor’s degree grads age 20 – 24
Bureau of Labor Statistics

$50,944

Average starting salary, Class of 2018 bachelor’s degree graduate
Summer 2019 Salary Survey

5.8%

Increase in hiring projected for Class of 2020 over Class of 2019
Job Outlook 2020

58.7%

Percent of Class of 2018 bachelor’s degree grads employed full time within six months of graduation
First Destinations for the College Class of 2018

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